2008 IIHF Women's World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Harbin
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4–12 April 2008
Opened by	Hu Jintao
Teams	9
Final positions
Champions	United States(2nd title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
Goals scored	117 (5.85 per game)
Attendance	22,910 (1,146 per game)
Scoring leader	Natalie Darwitz (10 points)
Awards
MVP	Noora Räty
← 2007 2009 →

The2008 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 11th edition of the Top Division of theWomen's Ice Hockey World Championship (the 12th edition overall, if the season when only the lower divisions were played is also counted), organized by theInternational Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The Top Division tournament was held from from 4 to 12 April 2008 inHarbin,People's Republic of China.^[1] The games took place at the event's main arena,Baqu Arena. The Division I tournament was played inVentspils,Latvia, at the Ice Hall of theVentspils Olimpiskais Centrs from 10 to 16 March 2008. The Division II tournament was held from 25 to 30 March 2008 at theSuomen urheiluopisto ('Sports Institute of Finland') inVierumäki, Finland.

For the 11th-straight Top Division tournament,Canada met theUnited States in the gold medal match and, for only the second time, the American team defeated the Canadians for the gold medal. This tournament was the first IIHF Women's tournament in which the host nation (in this case,China) failed to medal.Switzerland competed for a medal for the first time, losing toFinland in the bronze medal game.

All times are local (China Standard Time –UTC+8).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	0	19	1	+18	6	Group D
2	Russia	2	1	0	0	1	6	11	−5	3	Group E
3	China	2	0	0	0	2	3	16	−13	0	Group F

4 April 2008 19:00

Russia

1–8 (1–2, 0–2, 0–4)

Canada

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1232

Game reference
	Maria Onolbayeva Valentina Ostrovlyanchik	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Ulla Sipilä Linesmen: Annika Floeden Daniela Kiefer
	0–1 10:41 –Kellar (Wickenheiser,Ouellette) (PP1) 0–2 13:16 –Kingsbury Smolentseva (Terentieva,Gavrilova) – 19:57 1–2 1–3 32:50 –Botterill (Ouellette,Hefford) 1–4 35:05 –Agosta (Kingsbury) 1–5 43:47 –Piper (Hefford, Wickenheiser) (PP2) 1–6 55:07 – Ouellette (Hefford) (PP1) 1–7 57:15 – Wickenheiser (Botterill, Piper) (PP1) 1–8 57:28 – Agosta (Ferrari)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	11	Shots	37

5 April 2008 19:00

China

3–5 (1–1, 0–2, 2–2)

Russia

Baqu Arena Attendance: 2009

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Maria Onolbayeva	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo Linesmen: Meghan M. Hishmeh Miyuki Nakayama
	0–1 16:49 –Terentieva (Smolentseva,Gavrilova) Sun (Wang,Qi) (PP2) – 18:49 1–1 1–2 21:43 – Smolentseva (Terentieva) 1–3 25:17 – Smolentseva (Terentieva, Gavrilova) 1–4 43:34 – Gavrilova (Terentieva, Smolentseva) Sang (Zhang B.) (PP1) – 46:39 2–4 Sang (Jin, Sun) (PP1) – 59:37 3–4 3–5 59:56 – Gavrilova (ENG)
	16 min	Penalties	26 min
	29	Shots	33

6 April 2008 19:00

Canada

11–0 (4–0, 3–0, 4–0)

China

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1892

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Shi Yao	Referee: Aina Høve Linesmen: Sanna Pauliina Haapalahti Miyuki Nakayama
	Piper (Wickenheiser,Vaillancourt) – 8:21 1–0 Botterill (MacLeod,Hefford) – 10:52 2–0 MacLeod (Bechard) – 13:17 3–0 Botterill (Hefford) – 13:42 4–0 Ouellette (Botterill,Collins) – 25:00 5–0 Agosta (Kellar) – 25:39 6–0 Apps (Sostorics, Kellar) – 26:02 7–0 Wickenheiser (Piper) – 45:12 8–0 Hefford (Ouellette, Botterill) – 46:31 9–0 Wickenheiser (Piper, Vaillancourt) – 50:35 10–0 Vaillancourt (Wickenheiser, Piper) – 53:34 11–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	46	Shots	5

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	0	15	2	+13	6	Group D
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	−3	3	Group E
3	Germany	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0	Group F

4 April 2008 15:30

Germany

1–8 (1–1, 0–3, 0–4)

United States

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1390

Game reference
	Viona Harrer	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referee: Jana Zitková Linesmen: Anna Sophie Boniface Heather Richardson
	0–1 14:25 –Potter (Chu) (PP1) Anwander (Lanzl) – 15:41 1–1 1–2 21:30 – Potter (Parsons) 1–3 29:30 –Thatcher (Parsons) 1–4 31:17 –Duggan (Ruggiero,Darwitz) 1–5 41:58 – Thatcher (Drazan, Parsons) 1–6 43:11 – Darwitz (Chu) 1–7 52:42 – Duggan (Darwitz) 1–8 56:08 – Parsons (Potter)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	4	Shots	42

5 April 2008 15:30

Switzerland

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

Germany

Baqu Arena Attendance: 887

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: France Lapratte Linesmen: Heather Richardson Petra Slivková
	S. Marty (J. Marty) (SH1) – 15:35 1–0 Ruhnke (Bruggmann,Hafliger) – 23:27 2–0 Nussbaum (J. Marty,Meier) (PP1) – 39:02 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	26

6 April 2008 15:30

United States

7–1 (1–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Switzerland

Baqu Arena Attendance: 845

Game reference
	Molly Schaus	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Ulla Sipilä Linesmen: Annika Floeden Liu Chunhua
	Cahow (Ruggiero,Drazan) (PP1) – 7:34 1–0 Stack (Knight,Engstrom) – 21:28 2–0 2–1 24:21 –Hafliger (Schelling) (PP1) Marvin (Ruggiero, Cahow) (PP1) – 37:17 3–1 Darwitz (Chu,Lawler) (PP1) – 42:06 4–1 Potter (Darwitz, Ruggiero) (PP2) – 49:41 5–1 Engstrom (Cahow, Marvin) – 50:49 6–1 Duggan – 57:12 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	24 min
	56	Shots	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	2	1	1	0	0	9	3	+6	5	Group D
2	Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	7	3	+4	4	Group E
3	Japan	2	0	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0	Group F

4 April 2008 12:00

Japan

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1543

Game reference
	Azusa Nakaoku	Goalies	Sara Grahn	Referee: Aina Høve Linesmen: Sanna Pauliina Haapalahti Liu Chunhua
	0–1 02:51 –Lorsell 0–2 17:04 –Myrén (Östberg,Enström) 0–3 30:18 – Myrén (Enström) 0–4 37:01 –Rooth (Eliasson) (PP1) 0–5 48:23 –Jordansson (Rooth, Eliasson)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	50

5 April 2008 12:00

Finland

6–1 (0–0, 2–1, 4–0)

Japan

Baqu Arena Attendance: 896

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Anne Sophie Boniface Daniela Kiefer
	Helin (Voutilainen,Kovalainen) – 23:55 1–0 1–1 Wada (Fujii,Adachi) (PP2) – 26:35 Pelttari (Pehkonen,Saarinen) – 28:05 2–1 Kovalainen (Tallus, Saarinen) (PP2) – 44:23 3–1 Helin (Laaksonen,Hiirikoski) (PP1) – 44:42 4–1 Saarinen (Pelttari) (PP1) – 50:00 5–1 Helin (Voutilainen) (PP1) – 52:02 6–1
	16 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	7

6 April 2008 12:00

Sweden

2–3OT (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Baqu Arena Attendance: 866

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: France Lapratte Linesmen: Meghan M. Hishmeh Petra Slivková
	0–1 05:11 –Voutilainen (Rantamäki,Laaksonen) (PP1) Timglas (Jordansson,Rundqvist) (PP1) – 07:02 1–1 1–2 42:01 –Saarinen (Pehkonen) Eliasson (Holmlöv, Rundqvist) – 50:56 2–2 2–3 63:00 – Pehkonen (Pelttari,Hiirikoski) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	19

All times are local (China Standard Time –UTC+8).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Final
2	Canada	2	1	0	0	1	6	6	0	3
3	Finland	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	−1	2	3rd place match

8 April 2008 12:00

United States

0–1OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Baqu Arena Attendance: 804

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Noora Räty	Referee: Aina Høve Linesmen: Heather Richardson Petra Slivková
	0–1 63:42 –Pelttari (Tallus,Pehkonen) (PP2)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	15

9 April 2008 12:00

Finland

2–4 (1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

Canada

Baqu Arena Attendance: 963

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo Linesmen: Annika Floeden Daniela Kiefer
	0–1 03:29 –Hefford (Wickenheiser,Piper) Laaksonen (Helin,Rantamäki) – 13:49 1–1 1–2 31:23 –Vaillancourt (Wickenheiser) (PP1) 1–3 32:01 – Vaillancourt (Botterill) (PP1) 1–4 37:25 –Weatherston (MacLeod) Pehkonen – 46:41 2–4
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	34

10 April 2008 12:00

Canada

2–4 (2–1, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1096

Game reference
	Charline Labonté	Goalies	Jessie Vetter	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Sanna Pauliina Haapalahti Miyuki Nakayama
	Hefford (Kingsbury,Kellar) (PP1) – 04:21 1–0 1–1 15:34 –Darwitz (Lawler,Chu) (PP1) Bechard (MacLeod) – 16:08 2–1 2–2 26:33 –Cahow (Marvin,Drazan) (PP1) 2–3 48:24 –Duggan (Darwitz,Potter) 2–4 59:36 – Darwitz (Chu) (ENG)
	20 min	Penalties	18 min
	16	Shots	20

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	1	1	0	0	6	4	+2	5	3rd place match
2	Sweden	2	1	0	1	0	6	5	+1	4
3	Russia	2	0	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0

8 April 2008 15:30

Switzerland

4–3GWS (2–1, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Sweden

Baqu Arena Attendance: 812

Game reference
	Florence Schelling	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo Linesmen: Daniela Kiefer Malene Skovbakke
	Lehmann (Leimgruber) (SH1) – 17:59 1–0 1–1 18:30 –Asserholt (Enström) (PP1) S. Marty (Nussbaum,Ehrbar) – 19:49 2–1 2–2 22:02 –Jordansson (Östberg) Lehmann (S. Marty, Nussbaum) – 28:46 3–2 3–3 34:15 –Enström (Winberg,Nordin) (PP1)
	Lehmann	Shootout
	20 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	31

9 April 2008 15:30

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Russia

Baqu Arena Attendance: 804

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Maria Onolbayeva	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Meghan M. Hishmeh Miyuki Nakayama
	Myrén (Östberg,Enström) – 01:39 1–0 Winberg (Holmlöv,Nordin) – 35:06 2–0 Timglas (Jordansson,Rooth) (PP1) – 44:10 3–0 3–1 56:12 –Smolentseva (Sergina,Gavrilova) (PP2)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	19

10 April 2008 15:30

Russia

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Baqu Arena Attendance: 884

Game reference
	Maria Onolbayeva	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Jana Zitková Linesmen: Liu Chunhua Malene Skovbakke
	0–1 11:26 –S. Marty (Lehmann) 0–2 20:54 – S. Marty (Lehmann,Nussbaum) (PP2) Kapustina (Khomich,Burina) (PP2) – 35:41 1–2
	37 min	Penalties	26 min
	34	Shots	23

All times are local (China Standard Time –UTC+8).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Japan	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	+1	3
2	China	2	1	0	0	1	5	5	0	3
3	Germany	2	1	0	0	1	4	5	−1	3	Relegated to the2009 Division I

8 April 2008 19:00

Germany

2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Japan

Baqu Arena Attendance: 833

Game reference
	Viona Harrer	Goalies	Azusa Nakaoku	Referee: Ulla Sipilä Linesmen: Anne Sophie Boniface Liu Chunhua
	Evers (Seiler,Fellner) – 02:47 1–0 Anwander (Lanzl,Tamas) – 03:32 2–0 2–1 10:36 –Adachi (Wada,Fujii) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	14

9 April 2008 19:00

Japan

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

China

Baqu Arena Attendance: 2146

Game reference
	Azusa Nakaoku	Goalies	Shi Yao	Referee: Jana Zitková Linesmen: Malene Skovbakke Petra Slivková
	Adachi (Yamane,Wada) (PP2) – 17:42 1–0 1–1 41:47 –Sun (Huo) Hirano (Kondo,Sakagami) (PP2) – 57:04 2–1 Fujii (Yamanaka) – 59:20 3–1
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	14	Shots	23

10 April 2008 19:00

China

4–2 (1–1, 0–1, 3–0)

Germany

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1984

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referee: France Lapratte Linesmen: Anne Sophie Boniface Annika Floeden
	0–1 10:23 –Gotz (Kruck) (PP1) Jin (Sun) – 12:32 1–1 1–2 23:46 –Ritter (Tamas,Fruehwirt) (PP1) Wang (Jin, Sun) (PP1) – 57:58 2–2 Sun (Wang, Jin) – 58:43 3–2 Zhang S. (Qi) – 59:20 4–2
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	19

12 April 2008 15:30

Finland

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Baqu Arena Attendance: 1024

Game reference
	Noora Räty	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo Linesmen: Meghan M. Hishmeh Heather Richardson
	0–1 05:18 –Lehmann (S. Marty,Meier) Pehkonen (Rantamäki) – 25:05 1–1 Saarinen (Pelttari) – 41:09 2–1 Tikkinen – 46:25 3–1 Hiirikoski (Rantamäki,Laaksonen) (PP1) – 55:00 4–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	10

12 April 2008 19:00

United States

4–3 (2–1, 2–0, 0–2)

Canada

Baqu Arena

Game reference
	Jessie Vetter	Goalies	Kim St-Pierre Charline Labonté	Referee: Nicole Hertrich Linesmen: Sanna Pauliina Haapalahti Miyuki Nakayama
	0–1 01:57 –Vaillancourt (Kingsbury) Potter (Duggan,Chu) (PP1) – 08:08 1–1 Darwitz (Bellamy,Cahow) – 17:41 2–1 Potter (Ruggiero, Chu) (PP2) – 30:54 3–1 Darwitz (Bellamy) – 38:30 4–1 4–2 48:38 –Weatherston (Kellar,Sostorics) 4–3 49:48 –Botterill (Ouellette) (PP1)
	22 min	Penalties	26 min
	29	Shots	24

Rank	Team
	United States
	Canada
	Finland
4	Switzerland
5	Sweden
6	Russia
7	Japan
8	China
9	Germany

Relegated to the2009 Division I

Source:^[2]

2008 IIHF Women's World champions
United States Second title

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Natalie Darwitz	United States	5	6	4	10	+7	2
2	Hayley Wickenheiser	Canada	5	3	6	9	+2	6
3	Jennifer Botterill	Canada	5	4	4	8	+4	4
4	Jayna Hefford	Canada	5	3	5	8	+4	8
5	Cherie Piper	Canada	5	2	6	8	+2	0
6	Jenny Potter	United States	5	5	2	7	+5	2
7	Julie Chu	United States	5	0	7	7	+2	2
8	Yekaterina Smolentseva	Russia	4	4	2	6	+4	33
9	Kathrin Lehmann	Switzerland	5	4	2	6	+5	8
9	Stefanie Marty	Switzerland	5	4	2	6	+6	10
9	Sarah Vaillancourt	Canada	5	4	2	6	+1	8

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = PPlus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Noora Räty	Finland	243:42	6	1.48	92.59	1
2	Florence Schelling	Switzerland	305:00	15	2.95	91.89	1
3	Azusa Nakaoku	Japan	179:31	8	2.67	91.01	0
4	Charline Labonté	Canada	138:29	3	1.30	90.91	1
5	Jessie Vetter	United States	243:42	7	1.72	88.14	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =Shutouts
Source:IIHF.com

• Goaltender:Noora Räty, Finland
• Defenseman:Angela Ruggiero, United States
• Forward:Natalie Darwitz, United States

Source:IIHF.com

• Goaltender: Noora Räty
• Defensemen:Julie Chu,Emma Laaksonen
• Forwards:Jayna Hefford,Hayley Wickenheiser, Natalie Darwitz
• MVP: Noora Räty

Source:^[3]

The Division I tournament was played inVentspils, Latvia, at the Ice Hall of theVentspils Olimpiskais Centrs, from 10 to 16 March 2008.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kazakhstan	5	4	0	0	1	14	8	+6	12	Promoted to the2009 Top Division
2	Slovakia	5	3	1	0	1	14	11	+3	11
3	Czech Republic	5	2	1	0	2	12	11	+1	8
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	7	12	−5	6
5	Norway	5	1	0	1	3	11	13	−2	4
6	Latvia(H)	5	1	0	1	3	9	12	−3	4	Relegated to the2009 Division II

All times are local (Eastern European Time –UTC+2).

10 March 2008 13:00

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

France

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Radka Lhotská	Goalies	Orane Leenders	Referee: Päivi Laurila Linesmen: Elena Ivanova Anna Majapuro
	Holešová (Studentová,Polenská) – 03:15 1–0 Polenská (Studentová) – 22:23 2–0 2–1 46:15 –Serre (Allemoz,Bouetz) Šťastná (Polenská) – 58:03 3–1
	26 min	Penalties	18 min
	30	Shots	28

10 March 2008 16:30

Slovakia

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Zuzana Tomčíková	Goalies	Darya Obydennova	Referee: Michaela Kiefer Linesmen: Sandra Minakovska Veronika Stenzel
	0–1 07:11 –Potapova (Ibragimova) (SH1) 0–2 16:48 –Tukhtiyeva (Potapova) Kapustová (Babiaková) – 17:40 1–2 1–3 27:08 – Potapova (Ibragimova, Tukhtiyeva) 1–4 33:34 – Tukhtiyeva (Shu) (PP2) 1–5 55:01 – Tukhtiyeva (Potapova, Ibragimova) (PP1)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	13	Shots	55

10 March 2008 20:00

Norway

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Latvia

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 652

Game reference
	Christine Smestad	Goalies	Lolita Andriševska	Referee: Debbie Hengst Linesmen: Evelyn Loretan Ilse Robben
	0–1 24:42 –Greiere (Bičevska,Pētersone) Renli (Sletbak) – 26:20 1–1 Martinsen (Øien,Ask) (PP1) – 35:16 2–1 Øien (Dahl,Haraldsen) – 48:08 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	26

11 March 2008 13:00

France

1–5 (1–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Slovakia

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 22

Game reference
	Orane Leenders	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Debbie Hengst Linesmen: Evelyn Loretan Ilse Robben
	Allemoz (Iszraelewicz,Serre) (PP1) – 10:16 1–0 1–1 15:46 –Celárová (Moravčíková,Matejová) 1–2 24:52 –Veličková (Daňková) 1–3 29:20 – Moravčíková (Kapustová,Raková) (PP1) 1–4 31:14 –Pravlíková (Veličková) 1–5 59:55 –Čulíková (Daňková, Kapustová)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	29

11 March 2008 16:30

Kazakhstan

3–2 (1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Norway

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 101

Game reference
	Darya Obydennova	Goalies	Christine Smestad	Referee: Päivi Laurila Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Sandra Minakovska
	Tukhtiyeva (Shtelmaister,Vassina) (SH1) – 16:23 1–0 Sazonova (Tukhtiyeva) – 37:06 2–0 2–1 43:06 –Øien (Harmens) Tukhtiyeva (Kryukova) – 56:06 3–1 3–2 57:35 – Øien
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	15

11 March 2008 20:00

Latvia

3–4 (1–1, 1–0, 1–3)

Czech Republic

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 493

Game reference
	Lolita Andriševska	Goalies	Radka Lhotská	Referee: Michaela Kiefer Linesmen: Anna Majapuro Veronika Stenzel
	Koka (PS) – 11:33 1–0 1–1 18:29 –Holešová (Polenská) (SH1) Geca-Miljone (Koka,Liepiņa) – 20:07 2–1 2–2 47:00 –Tomigová (Šťastná) 2–3 55:28 – Tomigová (Jandíková) 2–4 57:20 –Studentová (Mastná) Koka (Geca-Miljone) – 58:03 3–4
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	47

13 March 2008 13:00

Slovakia

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Norway

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 44

Game reference
	Zuzana Tomčíková	Goalies	Jorid Dagfinrud Øiestad	Referee: Michaela Kiefer Linesmen: Evelyn Loretan Sandra Minakovska
	0–1 08:08 –Dahl (Lien,Farstad) (PP1) Veličková (Kapustová) – 17:46 1–1 Veličková – 27:57 2–1 2–2 41:23 –Carlsson (Ask) (PP1) Čulíková (Daňková) (PP1) – 48:28 3–2
	22 min	Penalties	18 min
	51	Shots	34

13 March 2008 16:30

Kazakhstan

3–1 (2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 52

Game reference
	Darya Obydennova	Goalies	Radka Lhotská	Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Elena Ivanova Ilse Robben
	0–1 01:08 –Tomigová (Mastná,Jandíková) Sazonova (Nazyrova) – 07:00 1–1 Kryukova (Shu) – 11:06 2–1 Potapova (Shtelmaister) – 31:43 3–1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	53	Shots	39

13 March 2008 20:00

Latvia

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

France

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 666

Game reference
	Lolita Andriševska	Goalies	Orane Leenders	Referee: Päivi Laurila Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Veronika Stenzel
	0–1 29:46 –Iszraelewicz (Serre) (PP2)
	14 min	Penalties	22 min
	33	Shots	42

14 March 2008 13:00

Norway

2–3GWS (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 60

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	Christine Smestad	Goalies	Radka Lhotská	Referee: Debbie Hengst Linesmen: Sandra Minakovska Veronika Stenzel
	Sletbak (Farstad) – 06:14 1–0 1–1 30:30 –Tomigová (Herzigová,Šťastná) 1–2 42:47 –Studentová (Polenská,Holešová) Sletbak (Øien) – 56:23 2–2
		Shootout	Mastná
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	23	Shots	34

14 March 2008 16:30

France

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 29

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	Orane Leenders	Goalies	Darya Obydennova	Referee: Michaela Kiefer Linesmen: Elena Ivanova Anna Majapuro
	Bouetz (Allemoz,Serre) – 05:47 1–0 1–1 06:19 –Potapova (Ibragimova,Tukhtiyeva) 1–2 58:03 – Potapova (Ibragimova)
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	39	Shots	29

14 March 2008 20:00

Latvia

2–3GWS (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Slovakia

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 450

Game reference
	Lolita Andriševska	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Evelyn Loretan
	Greiere – 14:57 1–0 1–1 28:12 –Veličková (Pravlíková) 1–2 55:48 –Džurňáková (Čulíková) (SH1) Geca-Miljone (Koka) – 57:05 2–2
		Shootout	Karafiátová
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	43

16 March 2008 13:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 49

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	Radka Lhotská	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Päivi Laurila Linesmen: Alicia Hanrahan Sandra Minakovska
	0–1 06:55 –Kapustová (Pravlíková) 0–2 44:32 –Karafiátová (Brémová) (PP1) Holešová (Studentová) (PP2) – 58:17 1–2
	18 min	Penalties	24 min
	32	Shots	25

16 March 2008 16:30

France

3–2 (1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Norway

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 33

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	Maïwenn Lombard	Goalies	Jorid Dagfinrud Øiestad	Referee: Mélanie Bordeleau Linesmen: Elena Ivanova Veronika Stenzel
	Serre (Rangeon,Marin) (PP1) – 12:23 1–0 Iszraelewicz (Obre, Marin) – 24:49 2–0 2–1 45:49 –Øien Serre (ENG) – 59:14 3–1 3–2 59:47 – Øien
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	32	Shots	33

16 March 2008 20:00

Kazakhstan

1–3 (1–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Latvia

Ventspils OC Ice Hall Attendance: 532

Game reference
	Darya Obydennova	Goalies	Lolita Andriševska	Referee: Debbie Hengst Linesmen: Anna Majapuro Ilse Robben
	Tukhtiyeva (Ibragimova,Shtelmaister) – 13:18 1–0 1–1 36:46 –Mihejenko (Bičevska,Pone) (PP1) 1–2 37:30 –Geca-Miljone (Koka) 1–3 39:20 – Geca-Miljone (Sakne)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	36	Shots	27

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Zarina Tukhtiyeva	Kazakhstan	5	6	3	9	+5	10
2	Line Bialik Øien	Norway	5	5	2	7	+1	4
2	Olga Potapova	Kazakhstan	5	5	2	7	+6	6
4	Sophie Serre	France	5	3	3	6	−1	4
5	Lyubov Ibragimova	Kazakhstan	5	0	6	6	+6	14
6	Inese Geca-Miljone	Latvia	5	4	1	5	+2	2
6	Martina Veličková	Slovakia	5	4	1	5	+6	10
8	Jana Kapustová	Slovakia	5	2	3	5	+6	8
8	Iveta Koka	Latvia	5	2	3	5	+2	6
8	Simona Studentová	Czech Republic	5	2	3	5	0	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = PPlus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Darya Obydennova	Kazakhstan	300:00	8	1.60	93.98	0
2	Lolita Andriševska	Latvia	303:38	12	2.37	93.72	0
3	Zuzana Tomčíková	Slovakia	305:00	11	2.16	93.68	0
4	Christine Smestad	Norway	184:52	7	2.27	92.78	0
5	Radka Lhotská	Czech Republic	304:44	11	2.17	92.76	0
6	Orane Leenders	France	239:10	10	2.51	91.74	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =Shutouts
Source:IIHF.com

• Goaltender:Zuzana Tomčíková, Slovakia
• Defenseman:Tatyana Shtelmaister, Kazakhstan
• Forward:Iveta Koka, Latvia

Source:IIHF.com

The Division II tournament was played from 25 to 30 March 2008 at theSuomen urheiluopisto ('Sports Institute of Finland') inVierumäki, Finland.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria	5	5	0	0	0	22	10	+12	15	Promoted to the2009 Division I
2	Denmark	5	4	0	0	1	25	7	+18	12
3	North Korea	5	3	0	0	2	21	10	+11	9
4	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	15	17	−2	5
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	1	3	10	15	−5	4
6	Australia	5	0	0	0	5	5	39	−34	0	Relegated to the2011 Division III

All times are local (Eastern European Time –UTC+2; on 30 MarchEastern European Summer Time –UTC+3).

25 March 2008 13:30

North Korea

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Denmark

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 90

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	Hong Kum Sil	Goalies	Nanna Holm Glaas	Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Zuzana Arazimová Marlen Vedvik Hansen
	0–1 04:21 –Itenov (Schaffer) 0–2 16:26 –Henriksen (Jakobsen) 0–3 26:56 – Jakobsen (Henriksen) (PP1) 0–4 39:29 –Østergaard (Henriksen, Jakobsen) 0–5 41:52 –Clausen (Jensen) Ri S. – 48:06 1–5
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	36

25 March 2008 17:00

Australia

2–6 (0–2, 2–3, 0–1)

Austria

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 87

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	Kristy Bruske	Goalies	Nina Geyer	Referee: Angela Blasimann Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Anne Ruth Kuonen
	0–1 09:22 –Janach (Strer) (SH1) 0–2 10:12 –Altmann (Schwarzler) (SH1) 0–3 23:16 – Altmann (Schwarzler) (SH1) Stock – 25:56 1–3 Parrington (K. White,Padjen) (PP1) – 33:16 2–3 2–4 37:37 – Schwarzler (Altmann) (SH1) 2–5 39:39 – Altmann (Schwarzler) (PP2) 2–6 52:45 –Verworner (Janach,Weber)
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	35	Shots	45

25 March 2008 20:30

Italy

3–2GWS (1–1, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Netherlands

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 78

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	Chiara Traversa	Goalies	Claudia van Leeuwen	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Lee Tae Ri Johanna Tauriainen
	Bazzanella (Dalprà) – 00:42 1–0 1–1 14:49 –Admiraal (Boelhouwers,Ernst) Florian (PP1) – 44:37 2–1 2–2 58:53 –Elderhorst (Schipper) (PP2)
	Viel	Shootout
	47 min	Penalties	22 min
	30	Shots	21

26 March 2008 13:30

Denmark

2–3 (0–0, 0–2, 2–1)

Austria

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 54

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	Nanna Holm Glaas	Goalies	Sandra Borschke	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Zuzana Arazimová Lee Tae Ri
	0–1 24:32 –Altmann (Kantor) (PP1) 0–2 27:13 –Schwarzler Østergaard (Jakobsen) (PP1) – 45:59 1–2 1–3 58:27 – Schwarzler (Altmann) (PP1) Olausson (Clausen) – 58:52 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	26

26 March 2008 17:00

Netherlands

6–2 (2–0, 2–0, 2–2)

Australia

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 57

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	Claudia van Leeuwen	Goalies	Kristy Bruske Alexandra Stefan	Referee: Marcela Štefanovičová Linesmen: Marlen Vedvik Hansen Sueva Torribio-Rousselin
	Neerdaels (de Graaf) – 02:13 1–0 Admiraal (Ernst) – 03:42 2–0 Schipper (Wielenga) – 23:06 3–0 Schipper (Wielenga) – 29:29 4–0 Boelhouwers (Admiraal) – 41:42 5–0 5–1 42:13 –Parrington (Farrier) 5–2 46:10 – Parrington (Bibby, Farrier) Admiraal (PP1) – 57:10 6–2
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	21

26 March 2008 20:30

Italy

1–6 (0–2, 1–1, 0–3)

North Korea

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 84

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	Chiara Traversa Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies	Hong Kum Sil	Referee: Angela Blasimann Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 14:57 –Choe K. 0–2 16:48 –Kim S.H. (Kim I.) (SH1) Viel (Zandegiacomo) (SH1) – 21:12 1–2 1–3 30:55 –Ryu (Ri S.,Han) 1–4 42:09 – Ri S. 1–5 45:29 – Kim S.H. (Kim H.) 1–6 50:22 – Ryu (Ri S.,Kim U.)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	26

27 March 2008 13:30

Denmark

3–0 (2–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 43

Game reference
	Nanna Holm Glaas	Goalies	Claudia van Leeuwen	Referee: Angela Blasimann Linesmen: Johanna Tauriainen Sueva Torribio-Rousselin
	Østergaard (Henriksen) – 02:52 1–0 Henriksen (Melby) (PP1) – 14:38 2–0 Jakobsen (Østergaard) – 40:35 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	18 min
	49	Shots	9

27 March 2008 17:00

Italy

5–0 (1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Australia

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 58

Game reference
	Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies	Kristy Bruske	Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Lee Tae Ri
	Zandegiacomo (de Rocco) – 14:06 1–0 Kaser (Bazzanella) – 26:18 2–0 Vallazza (de la Forest de Divonne) (PP1) – 52:54 3–0 Rainer (Bettarini) (SH1) – 56:15 4–0 Zandegiacomo (Viel) (SH1) – 56:55 5–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	16

27 March 2008 20:30

North Korea

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Austria

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 103

Game reference
	Hong Kum Sil	Goalies	Sandra Borschke	Referee: Marcela Štefanovičová Linesmen: Zuzana Arazimová Anne Ruth Kuonen
	0–1 16:44 –Altmann (Kantor) 0–2 17:30 –Schwarzler (Kantor) 0–3 29:23 – Altmann (Kantor, Schwarzler) (PP1) 0–4 55:42 – Altmann (Kantor,Wirl)
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	22	Shots	30

29 March 2008 13:30

Netherlands

0–4 (0–3, 0–0, 0–1)

North Korea

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 51

Game reference
	Claudia van Leeuwen	Goalies	Hong Kum Sil	Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Marlen Vedvik Hansen Lee Tae Ri
	0–1 04:53 –Choe M. (Kim S.I.) 0–2 05:28 –Ryu (Ri S.) 0–3 09:32 – Ryu (Ri S.) 0–4 59:47 –O (PP1)
	16 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	32

29 March 2008 17:00

Austria

6–4 (3–0, 2–2, 1–2)

Italy

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Sandra Borschke	Goalies	Chiara Traversa Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Michaela Kúdeľová Sueva Torribio-Rousselin
	Altmann (Kantor) (PP1) – 04:28 1–0 Altmann (Kantor) – 08:53 2–0 Schwarzler (Altmann) – 19:39 3–0 Kantor (Altmann) – 20:26 4–0 4–1 22:56 –Bettarini (da Rugna) (PP1) Altmann (Kantor) (PP1) – 25:20 5–1 5–2 26:18 –Bazzanella (de la Forest de Divonne) Kantor (Schwarzler) (PP2) – 40:16 6–2 6–3 42:44 – Bazzanella (de la Forest de Divonne) 6–4 58:27 –Viel (Bettarini) (PP2)
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	32	Shots	32

29 March 2008 20:30

Australia

1–12 (0–6, 1–4, 0–2)

Denmark

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 70

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	Kristy Bruske Alexandra Stefan	Goalies	Kamilla Lund Nielsen	Referee: Marcela Štefanovičová Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Johanna Tauriainen
	0–1 00:36 –Henriksen (Melby,Østergaard) 0–2 02:21 – Henriksen (Jakobsen, Østergaard) 0–3 08:24 – Jakobsen (Melby) 0–4 10:05 –Olausson (Hansen) 0–5 12:13 – Henriksen (Densing) (PP1) 0–6 17:25 – Jakobsen (Melby) (SH1) Cameron (Stock,Cummings) – 20:51 1–6 1–7 21:00 –Svendsen (Louring) 1–8 36:28 – Henriksen (Jokobsen, Densing) 1–9 36:49 – Olausson (Leszkowicz) 1–10 39:14 – Olausson (Jakobsen, Østergaard) 1–11 48:42 – Henriksen (Olausson, Densing) (PP2) 1–12 49:38 – Henriksen (Østergaard, Jakobsen) (PP1)
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	52

30 March 2008 12:00

Austria

3–2 (2–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Netherlands

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 42

Game reference
	Nina Geyer	Goalies	Claudia van Leeuwen	Referee: Erin Blair Linesmen: Zuzana Arazimová Michaela Kúdeľová
	Ernst (Reichel) – 09:16 1–0 Rothbock (Janach,Oberhuber) – 16:51 2–0 2–1 43:54 –Elderhorst (Boelhouwers) (PP2) Schwarzler (Altmann) (PP1) – 53:23 3–1 3–2 56:57 –Admiraal (Wielenga, Boelhouwers)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	26

30 March 2008 15:30

North Korea

10–0 (2–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Australia

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 38

Game reference
	Hong Kum Sil	Goalies	Alexandra Stefan	Referee: Radka Růžičková Linesmen: Marlen Vedvik Hansen Lee Tae Ri
	Ri S. – 08:17 1–0 O – 15:49 2–0 Kim I. (Choe K.) – 28:18 3–0 Ri S. – 29:11 4–0 Kim S.I. – 30:52 5–0 Choe K. (O) – 32:20 6–0 Choe K. – 40:21 7–0 O (Ri S.) – 51:54 8–0 Choe K. – 57:08 9–0 Kim H. (Kim S.I.) (PP1) – 59:36 10–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	15

30 March 2008 19:00

Denmark

3–2 (0–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Italy

Vierumäki Ice Rink Attendance: 63

Game reference
	Ninna Holm Glaas	Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Angela Blasimann Linesmen: Anne Ruth Kuonen Sueva Torribio-Rousselin
	0–1 10:42 –de la Forest de Divonne (Bazzanella) Jakobsen (Henriksen) (PP1) – 23:28 1–1 Densing (Henriksen) (PP1) – 39:04 2–1 2–2 46:35 –Zandegiacomo (Bettarini,de Rocco) (PP1) Jakobsen (Henriksen,Østergaard) – 58:26 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	30

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Denise Altmann	Austria	5	10	5	15	+9	8
2	Marie Linander Henriksen	Denmark	5	8	6	14	+10	0
3	Josefine Jakobsen	Denmark	5	6	7	13	+10	2
4	Eva Schwarzler	Austria	5	6	5	11	+7	8
5	Esther Kantor	Austria	5	2	8	10	+7	2
6	Ri Sol Gyong	North Korea	5	4	5	9	+8	4
7	Henriette Funch Østergaard	Denmark	5	3	6	9	+8	2
8	Saskia Admiraal	Netherlands	5	4	1	5	+3	4
8	Choe Kum Son	North Korea	5	4	1	5	+5	6
8	Marie Olausson	Denmark	5	4	1	5	+4	2

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = PPlus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source:IIHF.com

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Nanna Holm Glaas	Denmark	240:00	6	1.50	93.55	1
2	Nina Geyer	Austria	120:00	4	2.00	93.44	0
3	Sandra Borschke	Austria	180:00	6	2.00	92.59	1
4	Hong Kum Sil	North Korea	275:33	9	1.96	91.74	2
5	Claudia van Leeuwen	Netherlands	304:29	15	2.96	90.38	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =Shutouts
Source:IIHF.com

• Goaltender:Sandra Borschke
• Defenseman:Linda de Rocco
• Forward:Denise Altmann